Ashes, Ash Wednesday – 2000
[…] forehead?” A marvelous question that says everything about living a Christian life and the life of the steward of God’s gifts. For it is this cross, traced with oil at […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message 2013
[…] y la renovación de lo obsoleto y moribundo. ¡Aleluya! ¡Cristo ha resucitado! La Rvdma. Katharine Jefferts Schori Obispa Presidente y Primada La Iglesia Episcopal From the Exsultet, Book of Common Prayer pp 286-7 http://http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/us/a-ritual-of-lent-attracts-nonbelievers.html
Focus on the Work of YASC for World Mission Sunday
[…] impact of the Baptismal Covenant’s call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 305), and to raise our awareness of the many ways in which the […]
Frank T. Griswold – Biography
[…] the Roman Catholic-Anglican Commission from 1998 to 2003 and made significant contributions to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and to its practical use in the liturgical life of the church. Griswold’s private […]
Tell The President – Peace In The Holy Land Must Be A Priority Now!
[…] in her,’ And the Most High himself shall sustain her.” — Psalm 87 (page 711, Book of Common Prayer) The Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been in the news a great deal of late. Changes […]
February 15: World Mission Sunday
[…] impact of the Baptismal Covenant’s call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 305), and to raise awareness of the many ways in which The Episcopal […]
Today’s Text from the Hebrew Scripture…, Proper 27 (B) – 2003
[…] in the Episcopal Church. Most readings are the same as those noted in the Prayer Book lectionary. From time to time an alternative text is suggested in order to include […]
The Episcopal Church offers a new Global Mission Digital Toolkit
[…] is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ” ( Book of Common Prayer, p 855) in a global context and offers resources to help Episcopalians live into […]
March 2: World Mission Sunday
[…] impact of the Baptismal Covenant’s call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 305), and to raise our awareness of the many ways in which the […]
Presiding Bishop: Three mission questions
[…] all people to unity with God and each other in Christ” (p. 855 in the Book of Common Prayer). We're meant to understand that in the broadest possible terms, involving us in mind, […]
Holy Dust, Ash Wednesday – 2023
[…] 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 The Ash Wednesday liturgy is possibly the most meaningful liturgy in our Book of Common Prayer. It offers us an opportunity to stop, reflect on who we are and whose […]
UTO Coloring Contest and New Materials from Illustrated Ministries
[…] with Illustrated Ministries to turn the “General Thanksgiving,” found in the back of your “ Book of Common Prayer,” into an interactive experience. We’re so excited to share these coloring sheets with you. […]
About Us
[…] the Homilies, lists 21 homilies that were considered “godly and wholesome” for congregational use ( Book of Common Prayer, pp. 874-875). Carrying on that tradition, the Episcopal Church has been offering Sermons That Work […]
Baptism
[…] of any age are welcome to baptized; we believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, as the “bond which God establishes in Baptism is indissoluble” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 298). Baptism image
Church Governance
[…] Canons of The Episcopal Church; adopt a triennial budget; authorize liturgical texts and amend the Book of Common Prayer; adopt communions and covenants with other churches; set qualifications for orders of ministry and […]
Websites
[…] global impact of our call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” (Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, p. 305). Contact: The Rev. David Copley Director, Global Partnerships and Mission Personnel Click […]
Video
[…] January 8, 2021 Read More 2020 Christmas Message December 3, 2020 Read More From the Book of Common Prayer December 2, 2020 Read More Habits of Grace December 1, 2020 Read More Holding […]
Youth
[…] Hampshire, explores the relationship between the Way of Love and the catechism found in the Book of Common Prayer. It is built around eight sessions of around an hour each – one session […]
Selected Scripture
[…] New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Please also see the reading from Jim Wallis’s book, America’s Original Sin, in Session 1 for other relevant scripture passages. Also, of course, please […]
Bulletin Insert: All Saints’ Day (B) – All Saints’ Day – November 7, 2021
All Saints’ Day, celebrated November 1 or the nearest Sunday afterward, is characterized by the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) as a Principal Feast, “taking precedence over any other day or observance” (BCP, […]